John James Edmonstone of Newton

(1771 c.-1840)

LBT ID: JoEdmon1840	B/BAP: 1771 DIED: 1840-04-19
SOURCES: James C. Corson, Notes and Index to Grierson's Letters of Scott
Scottish advocate and friend of Walter Scott; he was Sheriff of Bute (1799-1818).
REFERENCES TO John James Edmonstone of Newton: Walter Scott to William Clerk, 30 September 1792 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ n2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 54 Chapter V 1786-90 Found 3: ¶ 21 ¶ 28 ¶ n1 Chapter VII 1792-96 Found 2: ¶ 21 ¶ n2 Chapter VIII 1796-97 Found 1: ¶ 13